Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

Ingredients list for Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

• 1 cup Refined flour (maida)
• 115 grams Unsalted butter
• 6 tablespoons Granulated sugar
• 1 Egg
• ? cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
• a pinch Salt
• FILLING
• 115 grams Unsalted butter
• ¾ cup Powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons Cocoa powder
• Coating
• 2 cup Dark chocolate chopped
• 1 tablespoon Coconut oil

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
2. To make the cookies, cream together the butter and sugar in a bowl till light and fluffy. Add the egg and beat well.
3. Add the cocoa powder and beat till well combined. Add the flour and salt, mix and knead into a soft dough.
4. Scrape the dough out onto a piece of parchment paper. Add a second sheet of paper on top and roll out the dough between the two sheets until it is a rectangle about one-fourth inch thick. Place the dough on a tray and freeze for thirty minutes or till firm.
5. Cut the chilled dough into twenty small squares of two and a half inch thickness. Place them in evenly spaced intervals on the prepared tray.
6. Put the tray in the preheated oven and bake for ten minutes. Remove from oven and cool.
7. To make the filling, cream the butter in a bowl till soft.
8. Sieve together the powdered sugar and cocoa powder into the bowl and beat till light and fluffy.
9. Spread a spoonful of the filling on half the cookies, top with remaining cookies and refrigerate to chill.
10. To make the coating, take the chocolate in a bowl. Add the coconut oil and heat in the microwave for thirty seconds. Remove from heat and stir till smooth.
11. Dip the chilled cookie sandwiches in the melted chocolate, place on a parchment paper and refrigerate till set.
12. Serve.